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Subject: Re: Why are Ada compilers difficult to write ?
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:43:10 -0700
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Vincent <vincent.diemunsch@gmail.com> writes:
> I have often heard that Ada compilers where expensive because they are
> very difficult to write, compared to Pascal or C ones.

Meh, I'd say it's more of a niche market whose customers tend to have
extreme requirements and large budgets.  Ada might be harder to compile
than C or Pascal, but not by *that* much, and it's almost certainly
easier to compile than C++.  There is simply less demand, so the
development costs are spread across fewer people.